Exchange in the News
TUCSON, Ariz. — The holidays were extra merry for retired Sgt. 1st Class Anna Merryman, a grand-prize winner in the MILITARY STAR card’s seventh annual Your Holiday Bill Is on Us sweepstakes. “I was so excited when I found out. I was beside myself,” said Merryman, a Sierra Vista resident who served 20 years in…
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — A 7th-grader on Fort Bragg was the lucky recipient of $2,000 all because she kept her grades up. The prize comes from the You Made the Grade sweepstakes. It’s a program that rewards children of service members from 1st grade through high school the keep at least a B average in school.…
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CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Yongsan Garrison, once the headquarters in Seoul of U.S. Forces Korea and United Nations Command, has surrendered nearly every important part of its existence to Camp Humphreys. And now it’s giving up the bakery, which produces iconic American products like Wonder Bread. The Army and Air Force Exchange Service, headquartered…
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Pvt. Cade Davis didn’t believe it was real when he learned he had won a $25,000 dream vacation in the Army & Air Force Exchange Service’s Subway Sip. Rip. Ultimate Trip sweepstakes. But the Shreveport native changed his mind when an email from the Exchange told him his victory was no dream. Now the 19-year-old…
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BILOXI, Miss. — The Lala family became $10,000 richer by winning a sweepstakes simply by pulling a tab off a Subway cup back while stationed in Korea. “The entire family wanted Subway for lunch, so we sat there and he pulled his tab off and said I don’t think I understand what that means,” said…
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Students at most overseas Department of Defense Education Activity schools will receive free meals for the rest of the school year, the Army and Air Force Exchange Service said Monday. The Department of Agriculture, which subsidizes the meals, said they will help to ensure that children “have access to nutritious food as the nation recovers…
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FORT CARSON, Colo. — A Fort Carson soldier was treated to a $10,000 shopping spree at the post Exchange Tuesday. Sgt. Kierra Howard, who is assigned to the 71st Ordnance Group at Fort Carson, had the Exchange to herself as she embarked on the shopping spree following a brief ceremony. Read more from KXRM-TV.
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WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE – Army veteran Latoya Mandas is a regular customer at Subway, but she never thought that her frequent visits to the fast-food restaurant would get her a $25,000 shopping spree. Mandas looked in disbelief at the tab on her cup filled with lemonade when she read that she was one of the lucky…
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FORT SILL, Oklahoma — When Staff Sgt. Frank Sanchez recently went to the Subway restaurant in the North Shoppette Express he decided to make his lunch a combination meal on a whim. That decision would be lifechanging. Sanchez won a $10,000 Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) gift card in Subway restaurant’s “Sip. Rip.…
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FORT HOOD, TX — The Army & Air Force Exchange Service surprised 15 Fort Hood families this week with news that their layaway balances had been paid in full by the nonprofit Pay Away the Layaway. The lucky shoppers, whose layaways totaled $2,200 in back-to-school purchases, were among 52 families nationwide asked to join one of three…
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